Improvement in faucets



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DANIEL W. GREEN, OF POR'ICHES'IER, NE-W YORK, ASSIGNOR'IO WILLIAM BRUNDAGE, OF SAME PLACE. I

Letters Patent No. 88,032

,cated March 23, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN FA'U'CETS.

To all whom it may concern 'Be it known that I, DANIEL W. GREEN, of Portchester, inthe county of Westchester, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Faucets; and I do hereby declare that the. following is a. full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming part of this specification, in which the drawing represents a longitudinal section of my improved faucet.

Similar letters of reference indicate likeparts.

This invention relates to a new manner of arranging th'e valve in a faucet, and consists in using, instead of a spigot, as usual, an adjustable tube at the end of the faucet, which forms part, and is an extension of the body of the faucet, and which vcarries a valve that can body of the faucet, so as to completely close the same.

Ihe aforesaid extension-tube is screwed, or otherwise fastened in a sleeve, which is screwed to the end of the faucet, and by turning which the'valve in the extension-tube can be brought nearer to or further from its seat, on the end of the faucetebody. Y

A, in the drawing, represents a tubular faucet, of

other material.

Around its outer end is formed amale-screw thread, by means of which a sleeve, B, can be fastened to it, as shown.

In the sleeve B is held a short tube, C, which has a closed inner end, a, which closed end constitutes the valve.

The sides .of the tube C are perforated Within the sleeve B, as shown.

By turning the sleeve, the valve a can be forced against the end of the faucet A, so as to completely close the faucet, and, by more or less unscrewing the sleeve, the valve is brought more or less away from its seat, so as to open the end of the faucet, to allowV the discharge of liquid there'om.

It will be understood from the above, that the end of the faucet A constitutes the valve-seat.

A spring, b, interposed between a shoulder, a, on the faucet, and the inner end of the sleeve, may serve to keep the threads on B upon those of A, so as to keep the'joint water-tight.

This invention recommends itself by its simplicity n and compactness. It makes a faucet appear to better advantage, and prevents the necessity of the cumbersome projectingspigot. l

Having thus described my invention,

I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The faucet, constructed as descn'bed, of the chambered sleeve B, adapted to screw upon the end of the tube A, and carrying the slotted extension-tube O, whose top forms a valve, a, adapted to openor close the faucet, as the sleeve B is operated, as herein shown and described. v

DANIEL W. GREEN.

Witnesses WM. F. MCNAMARA, ALEX. F. ROBERTS. 

